Marguerite Rae Cunningham

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Marguerite Rae Cunningham, of Parkview Care Center in Fairfield, passed away in the morning of March 15, 2006. She was 94.

Following her wishes, the body was cremated on Friday, March 17, 2006.

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304 W. Adams Ave.
Fairfield, IA 52556

"I am a part of all that I have met."
~Tennyson

Marguerite Rae Cunningham was born one of seven children to Charles and Elizabeth (Brubaker) Sweigert on January 28, 1910 in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Marguerite and her husband, Ernest Brook Sweigart were the parents of one son, Neil Brooks Cunningham.

Marguerite was a member of the B.P.O.E., Veterans of Foreign Wars and a Lady of the Moose. She was employed as a factory worker for 30 years with AMP.

Marguerite is survived by her son, Neil Brooks Cunningham, daughter-in-law Katherine Walmsley and granddaughter Anila Maya Cunningham, all of Fairfield, as well as five siblings: Ruth Little and Hazel Herr of Elizabethtown, PA, Sylvia Rowe and Theo Lovinger of Middletown, PA and Llewelyn Sweigart of St. Augustine, FL.

Marguerite was predeceased by her parents, her husband, brother Glen Sweigart and sister Isabelle Tennis.

To Marguerite
When the distant sun is setting
When your mind from care is free
When of absent friends you're thinking
Will you also think of me?
~Your father
Chas. K. Sweigart
January 27, 1927

THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross, a wondrous beauty I see.
And I love that old cross, where the dearest and best to pardon and sanctify me.
So, I'll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down.
I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.